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President Trump Criticizes China During His Virtual Speech At U.N. General Assembly

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Trump Is Gaining Ground Among Latino Voters In South Florida

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CDC Discusses Plan For Distribution Of A Future Coronavirus Vaccine

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What It's Like To Attend A Film Festival During The Pandemic

By • Sep 21, 2020

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Today NPR published an explosive new video.

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BTS: (Singing) Shoes on, get up in the morn, cup of milk, let's rock and roll. King Kong, kick the drum, rolling on like a Rolling Stone.

Remembering Elderly People Lost To COVID-19

By editor • Sep 21, 2020

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We're set to pass 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week. And over the course of the pandemic, as the numbers ticked up, so did our knowledge of how the disease operates.

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BTS Tiny Desk Concert Breaks Viewership Record

By editor • Sep 21, 2020

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Today NPR published an explosive new video.

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BTS: (Singing) Shoes on, get up in the morn, cup of milk, let's rock and roll. King Kong, kick the drum, rolling on like a Rolling Stone.

Jiayang Fan On 'How My Mother And I Became Chinese Propaganda'

By editor • Sep 20, 2020

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September is when newspapers and magazines would usually publish their fall theater previews. But this year, there's no fall season - at least not in any traditional sense. So what is theater going to look like when the pandemic is over? Reporter Jeff Lunden spoke with three people in a position to re-imagine the future of theater.

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JEFF LUNDEN, BYLINE: Oskar Eustis, artistic director of New York's Public Theater, knows firsthand about the coronavirus.

What Will The Future Of Theater Look Like? 'Our Artists Are Going To Lead Us'

By • Sep 20, 2020

Oskar Eustis, artistic director of The Public Theater in New York, knows firsthand about the coronavirus. Eustis was hospitalized with COVID on March 10, and by the time he was released five days later, everything was shut down. "I came out into a world that had no theater, and it's a different world," he says.

Republicans Fight To Win Back Swing State Nevada

By • Sep 20, 2020

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Anita Hill Reflects On Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Gender Equality Legacy

By editor • Sep 19, 2020

Both Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anita Hill became cultural figures in their fight for gender equality. In the aftermath of Justice Ginsburg's death, Hill says, "her legacy is so large."

Author David Kaplan On The Political Fight For RBG's Seat

By editor • Sep 19, 2020

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Justice Ginsburg's Death Strikes Symbolic On Eve Of Rosh Hashana

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy As Women's Rights Champion

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Our next guest is an attorney who says she was inspired to become a women's rights lawyer by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is Fatima Goss Graves, and she is the president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center.

'RBG' Documentary Director Reacts To Death Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By editor • Sep 18, 2020

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I want to bring in Julie Cohen now. She's the director of the documentary "RBG."

Welcome to the program.

JULIE COHEN: Thank you so much.

How Supreme Court Vacancy Could Change Dynamics Of Presidential Election

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Impact On The U.S. Legal System

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We're going to turn now to Jeffrey Rosen. Rosen is president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and author of the book "Conversations With RBG."

Welcome back to the program.

JEFFREY ROSEN: Thank you.

Could Justice Ginsburg's Seat Be Filled Before The Election?

By • Sep 18, 2020

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What Does Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Mean For The Court?

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died today at age 87. The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer. Joining us now is NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg with the latest news.

Scientists Discover 120,000-Year-Old Human Footprints In Saudi Arabia

By editor • Sep 18, 2020

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A hundred and twenty thousand years ago, a group of humans wandered along the shores of an ancient lake in the northwestern reaches of modern-day Saudi Arabia.

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CDC Reverses Controversial Guidelines Regarding Coronavirus Testing

By • Sep 18, 2020

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Does Alcohol To Go Have A Chance To Survive The Pandemic?

By • Sep 18, 2020

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Every day, certain rules and habits are broken because of COVID-19. Sarah Gonzalez with our Planet Money podcast reports that there are a few rules some restaurants hope will stay broken.

Lithuania Seeks U.S. Support For More Robust International Policy Toward Belarus

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Students Accused Of Breaking College COVID-19 Rules Fight Their Punishments

By • Sep 17, 2020

As colleges around the U.S. are facing COVID-19 outbreaks and crackdowns on students engaged in coronavirus-risky behavior, campuses are also facing a new threat: legal challenges from the students they're punishing.

Trump Announces Commission To Promote 'Patriotic Education'

By • Sep 17, 2020

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President Trump waded into the classroom today. He says he thinks American students need to be taught what he calls patriotic education, and he accused his political opponents of trying to brainwash children about racism.

Relationship Between Money And Hip-Hop: From Grassroots Movement To Sotheby's

By editor • Sep 17, 2020

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President Trump waded into the classroom today. He says he thinks American students need to be taught what he calls patriotic education, and he accused his political opponents of trying to brainwash children about racism.

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We must clear away the twisted web of lies in our schools and classrooms and teach our children the magnificent truth about our country. We want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional nation in the history of the world.

Trump Says Distribution Of Coronavirus Vaccines Could Begin As Early as next month

By • Sep 16, 2020

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Big Ten Conference Will Play Football After All

By • Sep 16, 2020

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Alabama Resident On Facing Hurricane Sally

By editor • Sep 16, 2020

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Hurricane Sally crawled ashore in Alabama this morning as a Category 2 storm. It's been slow-moving, drowning cities along the coast in unrelenting rain and bashing structures with 100-mile-per-hour winds.

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Professor Is At Center Of Controversy Over Chinese Word That Sounded Like Racial Slur

By • Sep 16, 2020

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Scientists Say A Mind-Bending Rhythm In The Brain Can Act Like Ketamine

By • Sep 16, 2020

Out-of-body experiences are all about rhythm, a team reported Wednesday in the journal Nature.

In mice and one person, scientists were able to reproduce the altered state often associated with ketamine by inducing certain brain cells to fire together in a slow, rhythmic fashion.

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